Holiday crime threat: Don’t let strangers into your house, precinct council warns
The 68th Precinct Community Council has issued a warning to residents of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights to be on their guard against scam artists posing as city water inspectors.
It happened once and it could happen again, Community Council President Ilene Sacco said.
Here’s how the scam works: the crooks, who targeted a Bay Ridge senior citizen last week, have been known to approach older adults outside their homes and informing them that there is a water main leak in the vicinity, according to Sacco, who is working closely with Capt. Richard DiBlasio, the precinct commander, to get the word out to the public before anyone else falls for the scam.